Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

9-Night Rome to Lisbon Cruise Adventure

Norwegian · Norwegian Viva · from Rome

$1,673 per person · next sails Oct 23, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Rome (FCO)

Your gateway to the voyage. Arrive a day or two early — the best of the trip starts before you board.

Open-jaw · fly into FCO, home from LIS · $2,830 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Rome

Fly in at least a day early — every seasoned cruiser does, so a delay never costs you the ship. Here’s what’s worth that day, within reach of your port — not just the city you fly into.

15 mi from Rome

Villa d'Este Archaeological Excavations (Hadrian's Villa)

Sprawling 2nd-century villa with 30+ hectares of imperial ruins, Greek sculptures, and recreated Greek structures; scale and ambition dwarf anything i…

1 mi from Rome

Colosseum

The voyage · 9 nights

The unforgettable thing at every port

We’ve found the single bucket-list experience at 9 of your 10 ports — the private, expert-led way, not the ship’s coach. The rest are being curated now — check back shortly.

Villefranche
Private Riviera Half-Day · $192 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Livorno (Florence/Pisa)
Climb the Leaning Tower of Pisa · $43 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Marseille
Calanques National Park Boat Cruise from the Old P… · $72 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Motril
⚙ Curating Motril’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Ibiza
Formentera Day Trip & Ses Illetes, the 'Spanish Ca… · $54 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Cadiz (Seville)
Real Alcázar de Sevilla · $31 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Lisbon
Sintra · $175 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Barcelona
Sagrada Familia · $56 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Alicante
Castillo de Santa Bárbara · $3 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Civitavecchia (Rome)
Vatican, Sistine Chapel & Colosseum in One Day · $405 for twohow to make it yours → ·
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Lisbon

You end in a different port — stay on, and add what’s within reach before you fly home.

14 mi from Lisbon

Sintra Day Trip - Pena Palace

13 mi from Lisbon

Convent of the Capuchos Cork Lining & Underground Network

A 16th-century Franciscan monastery carved into living rock with corridors and chambers lined in cork for insulation—a radically austere labyrinth ref…

Home

Fly home from Lisbon (LIS)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into FCO, home from LIS · 2 travelers $2,830 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Rome · Contemporary~$420
Cruise fare9 nights · Norwegian · 2 guests$3,346
Shore excursions9 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,031
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$7,807
Flights are estimated from our best gateways (refine from your own airport above) — an open-jaw trip: out to the embark port, home from where you disembark; the cruise fare is this sailing’s lead-in price for two; the hotel scales with the style you pick above; shore excursions are real book-direct operator prices, added as each port is curated; transfers are an estimate. We always build in at least one night ashore before you sail.

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